NEWS
Announcing new novella “Icefall” by Stephanie Gunn
We are so very excited to announce our acquisition of a new novella from Stephanie Gunn titled, Icefall. The Mountain on the planet of Icefall holds the mystery to a lost colony and an irresistible, fatal allure to the climbers of the universe. Maggie is...
Advance Notice: Novella Series
Advance notice that we will be open for novella submissions in September 2018 Why so much notice? We want new work written for us. And we want this call to to reach far and wide. We are looking to build a kickass series of novellas that defines and redefines the...
Notes from the Publisher’s Laptop
We’re starting a new regular column here at Twelfth Planet Press. Our first instalment is in the form of an interview with our publisher, Alisa Krasnostein. Q: How did you get into the local publishing scene? Alisa: During my postgrad years, a friend was beginning to...
Preorder Sharp Edge
Sharp Edge, Book 4 in Marianne Delacourt's Tara Sharp series launches October 24! You can now preorder your copy here or on your favourite ebook seller platform.
Luminescent Threads on The Portalist
Alexandra Pierce, senior editor of Luminescent Threads, wrote an essay for The Portalist about the patterns around Octavia Butler. They're also running a competition to win a copy of the book. Check it...
Defying Doomsday news
Recently, at the Continuum Convention in Melbourne, the Ditmar Awards were announced. The Ditmar Awards are awarded to Australian creators based on popular vote by the members of each year’s Australian National Convention (or NatCon). This year, Defying Doomsday won...
Mother of Invention hits $20k!
Thank you so much to all of our splendid backers. We're delighted to have met our funding goal so quickly. WE'RE GONNA MAKE THIS BOOK! We even have gotten a lovely write up in Books+Publishing today! But there's no sitting on laurels at the Twelfth Planet Press ranch....
Mother of Invention Kickstarter hits $12k mark!
Overnight the Kickstarter campaign for Mother of Invention surpassed the $12 000 mark. Tansy has some fab milestone robots she's hanging out to use! It's not late to back the campaign here, and bring on the robot revolution: kck.st/2qCtaY5
Mother of Invention – Kickstarter Campaign kicks off!
Twelfth Planet Press launched a new anthology crowdfunding campaign today on Kickstarter, for Mother of Invention, edited by Tansy Rayner Roberts and Rivqa Rafael. Mother of Invention will be a speculative fiction anthology of diverse, challenging stories about gender...
Luminescent Threads Cover Reveal!
Revealing the cover of Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia E. Butler. You can find the list of original contributors here. Coming in 2017.
Announcing the end of our Year’s Best YA Speculative Fiction series
After three years of fun putting together the Year's Best YA Speculative Fiction volumes for 2013, 2014, and 2015, we're stepping away from that series to focus on other projects. Alisa has her hands full with parenting and superstar Jamberry consultant work, and...
Follow the ‘Too Sharp’ Book Tour
This week we launched Marianne's Too Sharp, the third in her series about psychic PI Tara Sharp, and readers can enjoy the award-winning first instalment, 'Sharp Shooter' for free. Check out where we've been this fortnight and catch up on all things Tara Sharp!...